Chapter Summaries

Son Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan and battled Jass while Piccolo rescued Vegeta and escaped. As Jass’s power continued to rise alongside Goku’s, Goku pretended to prepare a final attack, then used Solar Flare to blind everyone.

• Son Goku’s golden aura revealed his Super Saiyan transformation, while Piccolo decided to flank the battlefield and attack Elec and his siblings.
• Jass attacked with a double-ended energy blade and a barrage of knives, but Son Goku broke through his defenses and punched him into the sky.
• Piccolo grabbed the defeated Vegeta, put him aboard a spaceship, and escaped after Elec decided not to stop him.
• Jass revealed that Son Goku’s rising power caused his own strength to grow, and challenged Goku to keep fighting.
• Son Goku pretended to prepare a decisive attack, then abruptly used Solar Flare against everyone.

Son Goku and Piccolo learned from Jaco that escaped criminals had thrown the universe into chaos, while the Galactic Patrol struggled to respond. Goku then revealed his full Super Saiyan power and asked Piccolo to compare him with Turles, who judged them evenly matched.

• Son Goku arrived on a barren planet and found Piccolo waiting with Vegeta, whose mind was broken.
• Jaco and other Galactic Patrol officers arrived, and Piccolo told Jaco about their encounter with the Heeters.
• Jaco explained that the Heeters had attacked Prison Planets and released dangerous criminals, then left urgently after receiving a distress call.
• Son Goku asked Piccolo to compare his power with Turles's Super Saiyan form and released his full strength.
• Piccolo sensed Goku's power and told him that he and Turles seemed evenly matched.

Son Goku and Piccolo decided to train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber after realizing they could not face the powerful enemies ahead, while Vegeta rejected Goku’s invitation and left. On the crimson planet, Elec’s group broke an ancient seal and awakened a woman who confronted the Heeters Family siblings.

• Son Goku’s Super Saiyan aura faded as he lamented that he was still no stronger than his brother had been two years earlier.
• Son Goku told Piccolo they needed to grow stronger and proposed training in Earth’s Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
• Son Goku invited Vegeta to join them, but Vegeta silently boarded his spaceship and departed.
• Son Goku and Piccolo set course for Earth, away from the base.
• Maki disabled the ancient seal on the crimson planet, and Jass shattered the stone gate.
• A pale-blue-skinned woman emerged from the passage, breathed the air of freedom, and asked the Heeters Family siblings if they had awakened her.

As escaped criminals overwhelmed the Galactic Patrol, Jaco sought the Frieza Force’s help and was astonished by its peaceful, charitable operations on Planet Aixin. Tights agreed to coordinate with the base, leaving the cooperation request awaiting formal arrangements.

• The Galactic King accepted that the Galactic Patrol could not contain the crisis alone, and Jaco proposed asking the Frieza Force for help.
• Jaco and a group of young patrolmen traveled to Planet Aixin, where they found orderly trade routes, peaceful streets, and a public image of Frieza as a guardian of peace.
• Jaco and his companions saw Tights leading a Frieza Force aid event for children and were shocked by the soldiers’ gentle behavior.
• Jaco explained the escaped-criminal crisis to Tights and asked whether the Frieza Force would cooperate with the Galactic Patrol.
• Tights agreed that the crisis was also the Frieza Force’s responsibility and contacted the base to arrange discussions.

The Frieza Force Sixth Branch deployed a massive peacekeeping fleet to help the Galactic Patrol capture escaped criminals. Meanwhile, the Heeters siblings reached the final Prison Planet and offered the Hera Clan warriors a chance to free their sealed leader.

• Tights helped the Galactic Patrol Organization finalize an agreement with the Frieza Force Sixth Branch to pursue the escaped criminals.
• Dr. Gero rallied the assembled force and placed Android 13, Android 15, and Android 14 in command of its expeditionary force.
• The Frieza Force peacekeeping fleet departed Planet Aixin, and its support eased the Galactic Patrol’s pressure as captured villains were sent to a penal labor planet.
• The four Heeters siblings reached the final Prison Planet, where Gokua emerged and joined Zangya and the other Hera Clan warriors.
• Elec offered the Hera Clan warriors cooperation, suggesting that the Heeters could help rescue their sealed leader.

Frieza emerged from seclusion as the Heeters’ upheaval devastated Frieza Force bases, and Berryblue briefed him on the crisis. He resolved to confront the Heeters and ordered Zarbon and Captain Ginyu to organize troops to support the Sixth Branch’s effort alongside the Galactic Patrol.

• Berryblue, Zarbon, Dodoria, and the Ginyu Force waited outside Frieza’s sealed chamber as reports of attacks on branch bases mounted.
• Frieza emerged after more than two years in seclusion, and the officers bowed beneath his overwhelming aura.
• Berryblue told Frieza that the Heeters had orchestrated the widespread upheaval against the Frieza Force.
• Frieza declared that he would settle accounts with the Heeters and praised Berryblue, Captain Ginyu, Zarbon, and Dodoria for managing the force.
• Zarbon explained that the Sixth Branch’s cooperation with the Galactic Patrol could improve relations and the Frieza Force’s public image.
• Frieza ordered Captain Ginyu to help Zarbon organize troops, and both officers agreed.

Frieza considered whether the rumor of wish-granting orbs on Planet Namek was a Heeter trap, while secretly wondering if they could bring someone back to life. On Earth, Kami fretted over the Dragon Balls and the Namek crisis until Son Goku and Piccolo emerged from their training, stronger and ready for what came next.

• Frieza asked Berryblue and Dodoria whether the rumor about Planet Namek's wish-granting orbs was credible.
• Berryblue suspected the Heeters had spread the rumor as bait, while Dodoria urged Frieza to take what he wanted.
• Frieza warned Dodoria to avoid language that could harm the Frieza Force's new image as a force for peace.
• Frieza privately considered whether the orbs could grant resurrection.
• On Kami's Lookout, Kami worried that the Dragon Balls would draw disaster, then sensed Son Goku and Piccolo emerge from the palace.
• Son Goku said he and Piccolo had reached their limits after one day of training and had saved time in case another crisis arose.

Son Goku and Piccolo arrived on Planet Namek and learned from Dende that demons had slaughtered the villagers while searching for the Dragon Balls. Piccolo took Dende to safety as Gokua confronted Son Goku, who prepared to fight him.

• Son Goku and Piccolo found Dende fleeing the ruined village with a Dragon Ball, and Dende told them the attackers had killed the elders and other villagers.
• Piccolo sensed several evil Ki sources across the planet while Son Goku comforted Dende.
• Son Goku sensed a dangerous presence approaching and sent Piccolo to take Dende to the Grand Elder.
• Gokua arrived above the ruins and admitted to killing the villagers, declaring that he would execute Son Goku.
• Son Goku identified himself as a Saiyan who grew up on Earth, and Gokua recalled the Heeters' warning to beware of Saiyans.

The Grand Elder unlocked Piccolo’s hidden power as Planet Namek faced destruction, and Nail urged him to carry the Namekians’ hopes. The chapter then returned to Son Goku’s confrontation with Gokua, where both prepared to fight.

• The Grand Elder sensed Piccolo’s resentment and offered to draw out the power hidden within him.
• The Grand Elder awakened Piccolo’s immense power, but Piccolo recognized it was still not enough to challenge the enemy fighting Son Goku.
• Piccolo prepared to leave for battle, and Nail told him to carry the hopes of the Namekians and ensure their future lived on.
• The story returned to Son Goku and Gokua, who faced each other and took fighting stances.

Son Goku and Gokua fought evenly until Piccolo arrived and stopped Gokua’s devastating sword Ki with a powerful energy beam. Faced with both fighters, Gokua raised an ominous red totem into the sky, leaving his next move unclear.

• Gokua’s sword and Son Goku’s attacks clashed repeatedly, and both fighters were driven apart with their weapons and bodies battered.
• Gokua gathered dark red energy into his sword and fired a destructive beam at Son Goku.
• Piccolo appeared in front of Son Goku and countered Gokua’s sword Ki with an energy beam, creating a massive crater.
• Piccolo removed his turban and cape, then joined Son Goku in confronting Gokua.
• Gokua hesitated at the prospect of facing both opponents and fired a streak of sword Ki into the sky, where it formed a huge red totem.

Son Goku and Piccolo faced all four Hera Clan warriors after they gathered the Dragon Balls, and the battle turned against them when Bujin trapped Piccolo and Zangya blasted off his arm. Piccolo regenerated, and two streaks of light arrived as the fight was about to resume.

• Zangya, Bido, and Bujin arrived to join Gokua, surrounding Son Goku and Piccolo with all the remaining Dragon Balls gathered.
• Son Goku and Piccolo agreed to hold off the four warriors until reinforcements arrived.
• Bido and Gokua attacked Son Goku while Zangya fought Piccolo, who struck her and sent her crashing into a mountainside.
• Bujin ensnared Piccolo with psychic threads, allowing Zangya to blast off his right arm.
• Piccolo regenerated his arm, and two streaks of light appeared in the sky as both sides prepared to fight again.

Android 17 and Android 18 arrived as reinforcements for Son Goku, and the fighters split into four one-on-one battles. The matchups began across the battlefield, with Son Goku and Gokua renewing their clash in the sky.

• Android 17 and Android 18 emerged from their spaceships, and Android 17 offered to help Son Goku.
• Android 18 challenged Zangya, and the two women declared each other their prey.
• Piccolo confronted Bujin, while Bido chose Android 17 as his opponent.
• Son Goku resumed his fight with Gokua as both warriors unleashed their auras.
• Android 18 and Zangya charged at each other, Bido and Android 17 clashed, and Piccolo dodged Bujin’s psychic threads by splitting into afterimages.
• Son Goku and Gokua traded fierce blows that tore through the clouds.

With Frieza away on Namek and most of the headquarters’ elite forces deployed elsewhere, an organized fleet of escaped galactic felons attacked Planet Frieza. The invaders breached the planet’s defenses and began overrunning the landing plaza, but their leader was suddenly killed by an unknown figure.

• Frieza went to Planet Namek with Dodoria to investigate the Dragon Balls, leaving Planet Frieza poorly defended.
• Berryblue learned that a huge force of escaped galactic felons was attacking the headquarters and ordered the defenses to maximum readiness.
• The invaders shattered the planet’s energy shield and crashed their ships into the spaceport plaza.
• A giant beast-man killed a defense captain, mocked the Frieza Force, and declared that Frieza had been dealt with elsewhere.
• An unknown figure appeared and killed the beast-man leader with a shot through the chest.

Turles returned to the Frieza Force and single-handedly defeated the invading coalition, leaving one survivor to spread word of his power. The battered soldiers hailed him as their general, and Berryblue and the senior officers greeted him respectfully.

• Turles appeared on the battlefield and killed the beastman leader, restoring the Frieza Force’s morale.
• A four-armed swordsman challenged Turles, but his blades passed through Turles as he dodged the attack.
• The coalition attacked Turles with a barrage of Ki waves, but he emerged unharmed and swiftly defeated its fighters.
• Turles left the swordsman alive to carry a warning to others and told the soldiers to count their fallen, promising the Force would remember them.
• Berryblue and a group of senior officers came out to greet Turles and knelt before him.

Turles confronted King Cold on Planet Cold and demanded that he oversee Planet Frieza during the Frieza Force’s crisis. He left King Cold with little choice but to accept, after exposing his ambitions and secret support for space pirates.

• Turles ignored King Cold’s formal welcome and surveyed the ice palace before asking him to oversee Planet Frieza.
• King Cold refused, insisting that the Frieza Force was no longer his concern.
• Turles revealed that King Cold still hoped to reclaim power if Frieza fell, then warned that he could not handle the current crisis himself.
• Turles offered the Frieza Force’s backing if King Cold helped, while promising to overlook his support for space pirates and interference with efforts to maintain order.
• King Cold sprang from his throne in anger but could not answer Turles, who turned away and headed for the palace gates.

Dende retrieved six Dragon Balls and headed to the Grand Elder’s home for the last one while Elec’s group arrived on Planet Namek. The Heeters discovered that Monaito had vanished and that their Scouter could no longer detect life signs beyond the ongoing battles.

• Dende crawled through the ruined battlefield, collected six Dragon Balls, and carried them to the foot of the Grand Elder’s stone pillar.
• Elec, Oil, Maki, and Jass arrived on Namek after Oil reported that the others had gone to the Frieza Force’s headquarters planet.
• Elec noticed that no Dragon Balls were visible on the battlefield and decided to secure one before anyone could make a wish.
• Elec ordered Oil to bring Monaito from the spaceship, but Oil returned and reported that Monaito had disappeared.
• Elec stopped Jass from searching for Monaito and used his Scouter, which detected no life signs outside the battlefield.

Dende protected the six Dragon Balls from Granolah and Monaito, who had arrived after Granolah rescued his grandfather from the Heeters. At the Grand Elder’s house, Monaito confessed that his mistake had drawn the Heeters to Planet Namek, but the Grand Elder revealed that hope remained and produced the Four-Star Dragon Ball.

• Dende shielded the six Dragon Balls when Granolah and Monaito appeared, then recognized Monaito as a fellow Namekian.
• Granolah explained how he had traced the rumors about Namek’s Dragon Balls, rescued Monaito from the Heeters, and reached the Grand Elder with him.
• Monaito introduced himself to the Grand Elder, who recalled that some Namekians had survived the destruction of their original planet by settling on Planet Cereal.
• Monaito and Granolah’s grief led the Grand Elder to realize that Planet Cereal’s Namekians had also suffered a disaster.
• Monaito confessed that his mistake had revealed the Dragon Balls and brought the Heeters to Planet Namek, while the Grand Elder comforted him.
• The Grand Elder declared that Namek’s hope remained and summoned the Four-Star Dragon Ball, which floated down before Dende.

The Heeters Family raced to stop the wish being made with Namek’s Dragon Balls while Son Goku, Piccolo, and the androids held off the Hera Clan. Elec failed to interfere before Porunga vanished, leaving the Heeters empty-handed and furious.

• The Heeters Family realized the sky had gone dark because someone was summoning the Dragon Balls, and Elec sent his siblings to find the wish-maker.
• Son Goku and Piccolo continued battling Gokua and Bujin, while Android 17 and Android 18 fought Bido and Zangya.
• Elec found Porunga and saw Monaito and Granolah beneath the dragon, then shouted a wish for Jass to receive an endless lifespan.
• Elec attacked Dende, Monaito, and Granolah, but they disappeared before his blast struck, and Porunga dissipated as the sky brightened.
• The Dragon Balls flew into space, and Elec realized Granolah had made the wish before the rest of the Heeters arrived.

Kami welcomed the Grand Elder, Dende, Monaito, and Granolah to Earth, where they discussed differences between Namekian Dragon Balls and Kami asked whether Earth’s Dragon Balls could be restored early. Meanwhile, Son Goku and his allies gained the upper hand against the Hera Clan warriors as Elec arrived at the battlefield with his siblings.

• Kami and Mr. Popo welcomed the group who had arrived at Kami's Lookout, and the Grand Elder recognized Kami as Piccolo, the son of Katatz.
• The Grand Elder explained that Piccolo had suggested using Planet Namek's Dragon Balls to wish the group to Earth, and the Dragon Balls appeared before turning to stone.
• Dende explained how Dragon Balls usually lost their power after a wish, but Monaito said the Dragon Balls he had made did not need to recharge.
• The Grand Elder explained that Dragon Ball rules varied according to their Namekian creators, prompting Kami to ask Monaito if he could restore Earth's Dragon Balls early.
• After a fierce battle on Planet Namek, Son Goku, Piccolo, Android 17, and Android 18 had the advantage over the wounded Hera Clan warriors.
• Elec arrived at the battlefield with several of his younger siblings, looking angry and irritated.

Elec sent Jass to eliminate the Frieza Force fighters and preserve the Hera Clan, but Jass revealed overwhelming strength against Android 17 and Android 18. The android siblings joined forces to attack him.

• Elec ordered Jass to kill Son Goku, Piccolo, and the androids while sparing the Hera Clan.
• Jass crashed into the battlefield, silenced Gokua, and turned his attention to Son Goku and Piccolo's group.
• Android 17 attacked Jass, who caught his punch and blocked Android 18's kick, sending her flying.
• Android 17 and Android 18 regrouped and launched a coordinated assault on Jass.